{"product_id":"as-it-were-17-asemic-stories-paperback","title":"As It Were: 17 asemic stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRosaire Appel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As it were\" is a collection of seventeen non-verbal compositions that visually explore the story as a form. Considering literary forms, one sees that a poem resides in a shape that is particular to it and inviolable. A novel, however, exists in many pages that all look alike. A story occupies a limited enclosure with a consistent though malleable shape. Each story in this collection uses a different system of generators, each uses its own language. Like drawing, writing is visual and gestural, but with different constraints. Without the force of semantic content holding one's attention in a specific mode to the page, the differences between drawing and writing begin to soften and the act of looking and the act of reading begin to merge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 226\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 7.99 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 26, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42118475645063,"sku":"9781452865102","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/3dd031c4c8f3aa5bdf6bdf36c825c591.webp?v=1732533661","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/as-it-were-17-asemic-stories-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}